The brothers turned the old freight depot into a popular concert venue.

"When we got it, it had no running water, no electricity, no heat, no air," Malcolm White said. "There was no commerce on Commerce Street, until Hal and I came down here."

Hal White, 64, was known, among other things, for his soups.

"The idea of him putting the recipes on the computer was not going to happen," Malcolm White said.

"The two favorite things I've ever heard come out of Hal White's mouth: 'Pizza is a fad.' And when we tried to get him to sign up for Facebook, he said, 'I don't see any future in it,'" said friend Todd Parkman.

Parkman says Hal's reach in the community stretched far.

"If Jackson had a family tree, Hal White was the roots," Parkman said.

"He will be sorely missed. He left a deep impression on me as sort of a father figure and a brother and a friend," said Teresa Haygood.

The White family is also known for starting the Mal's St. Paddy's Parade in Jackson, which Hal marched in a few weeks ago. His family said they will continue to carry on all those traditions.